Why Can’t I Get Better?

Psychiatry

Antibiotics Found Effective in Schizophrenia

Richard Horowitz MD on February 8, 2014

A controlled clinical trial was just published in the psychiatric literature, showing that minocycline is effective in treating negative symptoms in early phase schizophrenia. Tetracyclines like minocycyline also treat infections, including Lyme and associated tick-borne disorders. Is Lyme disease a possible underlying cause of psychosis in the general population?

A controlled clinical trial was just published in the psychiatric literature, showing that minocycline is effective in treating negative symptoms in early phase schizophrenia. Tetracyclines like minocycyline also treat infections, including Lyme and associated tick-borne disorders. Is Lyme disease a possible underlying cause of psychosis in the general population?

Meditation

Three Essential Points of Meditation

Richard Horowitz MD on February 1, 2014

Insight meditation allows us to deal with disturbing emotions in a fresh way and helps transform our experience. When we look directly at thoughts, emotions, and the mind itself with this technique, and see their "empty clear nature", it helps to liberate us from our conditioned experience.

Insight meditation allows us to deal with disturbing emotions in a fresh way and helps transform our experience. When we look directly at thoughts, emotions, and the mind itself with this technique, and see their "empty clear nature", it helps to liberate us from our conditioned experience.

Meditation

Meditation and Mindfulness: Part I, Calm Abiding Meditation

Richard Horowitz MD on January 26, 2014

Meditation has been proven to have scientific health benefits which can assist us with our healing and maintaining a sense of well-being. Working with the mind and learning to find peace in the midst of pain and suffering is a useful tool to possess when dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and significant illness.

Meditation has been proven to have scientific health benefits which can assist us with our healing and maintaining a sense of well-being. Working with the mind and learning to find peace in the midst of pain and suffering is a useful tool to possess when dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and significant illness.

ADHD

Are ADHD and Dementia Preventable Diseases?

Richard Horowitz MD on December 28, 2013

ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and dementia all share one common denominator in the scientific literature: they can all be triggered by exposure to environmental toxins.

ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and dementia all share one common denominator in the scientific literature: they can all be triggered by exposure to environmental toxins.

Lyme disease is the number one vector-borne spreading epidemic worldwide.

Health

Psychobiotics for the Psyche

Richard Horowitz MD on December 7, 2013

Different types of bacteria in our gastrointestinal tract produce brain altering chemicals. Altering these bacteria may provide new therapeutic avenues to reduce inflammation in the body and improve our mood and wellbeing.

Different types of bacteria in our gastrointestinal tract produce brain altering chemicals. Altering these bacteria may provide new therapeutic avenues to reduce inflammation in the body and improve our mood and wellbeing.

Lyme disease is known as “the great imitator” and is spreading worldwide in epidemic proportions, mimicking every known medical condition seen in a doctor’s office.